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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.
Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
